JFTDWS
Well-Known Member
This is the problem I have with people who don't understand that their dogs charging through the undergrowth or going for a swim can terrify the waterfowl population, destroy nests and kill young birds. And we're in a red squirrel area so ours are not vermin. I'm waiting for someone to complain one day that little Fido I has been attacked by an angry swan ...
Ets we don't have many rabbits but our hares are protected too, and because they run. In circles, a dog on the scent is quite likely to meet one coming the other way.
This.
I was watching some utter "twit" today who had obviously allowed one of her dogs off lead into the woods - which are fenced to keep ignorant dog walkers and their dogs out, and maintained for breeding pheasants etc. She was calling and whistling at the damn thing for a good 15 minutes (that I saw - she could have been there for hours for all I know), and clearly had absolutely no control over it whatsoever. The level of disruption to the wildlife in the woods is unacceptable, and that's why unreliable dogs should be kept on leads at all times.